Hello all. I was able to read from my 64MB SD card fine using XDArit, but when I attempt to write to it (or my 256MB SD card for that matter) I get the following error:
Failed to open device \\.\PhysicalDrive23.
I know XDArit can see the drive because it shows the first bytes in the screen. I have tried formatting the card with FAT and FAT32, no difference. This is the third SD card writer I have tried but I have gotton the furthest with it. Do I need to by a SPECIFIC SD card writer to work with XDArit?
Help!
Never mind, fixed it myself.
I had to go back to the 1.0 verson which worked fine.
Use XDAtools instead of XDArit. Much nicer, easier, better.
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i have a recent boot loader so i need to use XDArit to write a card that will allow me to backup my rom right.
so i downloaded XDArit, the boot loader patch, ran XDArit, put in my MM card, pointed it to my usb SD reader, pointed it to the .nb2 file, and told it to write
it comes up with this error (even after rebooting into explorer):
failed to open device \\.\physicalDrive10
what am i to do? is it that you must use SD cards not MM cards?
just trying to think of possible issues, could it be the SD card reader is plugged into my keyboard and not directly into a motherboard USB port?
Hey there cerberos,
Try the older version of XDArit.
It's also best to have the reader plugged directly into your mainboard.
yes the older version of XDArit worked, thank you
XDArit wont read the card though after i've backed the device to it
Try following:
- write something to your SD with xdarit and leave xdarit working
- backup xda ROM to SD
- read it from SD with XDARit.
I experience the same problem: XDARit fails to read SD until it writes something to it first. Old and new versions are the same.
I tried this and received an error message that "the drive was not a removable drive and would probably overwrite a harddrive...okay?"
There are 5 choices in the drop down menu of drives. All give the same result.
http://xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1451&highlight=xdarit
well with the new one i get an error of failed to read device 4, which is strange as the reader appears to be device 14
I cannot figure out how to copy the bootloader_v5_15.nb0 to the SD card on my reader (Image Mate 8 in 1) in a format that will be recognized by my XDA. All the examples here are will the older XDA tools which I can't find. I have the newest (I think) XDA OS Image tool and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to put the bootloader file on the SD card in the right format. Thanks.
paul.ck said:
I cannot figure out how to copy the bootloader_v5_15.nb0 to the SD card on my reader (Image Mate 8 in 1) in a format that will be recognized by my XDA. All the examples here are will the older XDA tools which I can't find. I have the newest (I think) XDA OS Image tool and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to put the bootloader file on the SD card in the right format. Thanks.
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Download and use XDArit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3274&highlight=bootloader+xdarit
Thanks
The XDArit program was exactly what I needed. I was able to unlock my phone and my friends and load everything back on it. Thanks
Xdarit is the bomb alright ! I tried xdatools to write to my 256 MB SD card and I couldnt get the XDA to boot from the SD card so I tried Xdarit next. (1.02 version) and the program didnt even execute for me.. Threw an exception.. so then I downloaded the older version of Xdarit (ver 1) which is called XDARit1.exe and wrote the image to the SD card. This time I could boot (by soft-booting holding with holding the power key) and it went directly to the SD Download screen .. smooth sailing from then..
Can I use XDARit1.exe to write to my sd via a xda? or do I must have a card reader/ writer?
When I start XDARit1.exe I get a window with only one option which is to write to disk 4294967295, if I point to write to sd, I get a warning that it may erace a present hard disk.
Hi
I have resolved the Checksum is not correct problem I was having and now have a working xda again.
The problem was solved by formating and writing the SD card on a different PC and writing the ROM using XDATools rather than XDArit. I think the real cause of my troubles was the fact that I was writing to a built-in SD slot on my laptop with XDArit (XDATools could not). When using an SD slot on my HP printer I was successful.
For the record, anyone with an Compaq nx7010, do not try and write to your SD with the built in SD slot!!!!
Thanks to those who assisted
I have a 2gb SD card that was working, but I thought I would be clever and use the SD reader in my Tosh so that I could transfer large files more easily to the card for my exec. But when I was asked to format my card by Toshiba's software, I went through the process and thought it was successful. But then at end of process the phrase "Please stop a SD memory card, then insert the card again" came up, so took card out, re-entered it in the reader and tried to attempt to transfer files to it. However windows then told me that it was not formatted and would I like to format it. So yes, I do, but although windows formatted it, it reduced the capacity from 2gb to 956 mb or thereabouts. It was recognised by the exec again, but with severe consequences as never bought a 1 gb card.
Help please...
Sounds to me like your card reader doesn't read cards bigger than 1 GB. I had the same issue with my 4 GB card. Tried it with a different reader and the PC saw all 4 gigs, never asking me to format. See if you can try a newer SD card reader?
The same thing happened to me with a 1 gigabyte pcmcia card. It was working fine in my laptop then I put it in the card slot on an Ipaq and it also did a format. The card is now exactly half the memory it should be and no way can I get it to work as a 1 gig card even though I have tried formatting on the pc.
I have found that my 2GB card formatted on my Palm LifeDrive was not readable on my laptop. When I formatted using a Toshiba format utility the space on the card was down to 1GB. It did work okay on my JJ. I had to re-format it on my Palm and then for reason it was okay again and could be read by my laptop - I did not use any card readers as the laptop has a built-in reader. And I re-formatted on my laptop using XP format softwsre and the 2GB storage was retained.
@Wannabe, have you got access to another PC or card reader to reformat your card. Also I found WM5 file managers could not reformat and regain the lost capacity
been on to Tosh
Toshiba are extremely helpful...not! Told me to get another card and see if that works as it might not accept the card. This is a Sandisk card which I believe is made by Toshiba...or at least in collaboration. Am going to check Sandisk for an answer as well...keep the ideas coming please
Hi there.
Try reading this post i made ages ago about formatting and re-newing your sd cards. It might help. It is regarding my 512mb sd card, but the principles are the same.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=21920&highlight=lydiachris
I strongly recommend using media recover, even if it's only a trial version to "wipe" your sd card to re-new it to it's factory condition. It covers and re-formats the whole card sector by sector.
http://www.mediarecover.com/
Give it a go and let us know.
Regards
lydiachris
If none of the other suggestions work then try this program that I posted on another thread:-
SDFormatter.zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30900&highlight=
Use it with a card reader, follow instructions and your PPC should be able to read the full capacity.
SanDisk have taken back card...
Thanks for the suggestions, will keep in mind for future. Sandisk took back the card and found that it had become corrupted so have sent out another one. tks for suggestions though.
>>> UPDATE: Issue Resolved <<<
I have been working at this for a while and can't figure out why it's not booting. Here's what I am doing:
1) Write the image (generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img) to your SD card using WinImage (Windows 7).
SanDisk microSDHC 8GB class4
WinImage error message:
the current image format is not supported by the disk drive E:
it will be resized
disck is not empty, all data on your disk will be lost
do you want to continue?
2) eject and then re-insert the uSD card into computer.
3) Copy the nightly file (update-encore-20120220.zip) to SD card
4) unmount the uSD card and insert it into the nook.
5) press power button (or N button), boots to Nook-OS
trying to follow these instructions...
[UNOFFICIAL][ICS][NIGHTLIES] CM9/ICS Nightly Builds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22029718&highlight=format#post22029718
[ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I'm not totally sure about the way you are going about it. I did that method once about 9 months ago, and just can't remember the details. However, I would recommend trying racks triple boot sd card method. It burns CM7 and CM9 (ICS) onto the SD card, and leaves EMMC alone. It was pretty simple, and you'll have the ability to choose which to boot into. The CM7 is super stable, and will work as your daily driver. The CM9 has a few things that still need to be worked out, but I've actually been using it more than the CM7. Here's the link to that method;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186
andog said:
I have been working at this for a while and can't figure out why it's not booting. Here's what I am doing:
1) Write the image (generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img) to your SD card using WinImage (Windows 7).
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I'd use Win32DiskImager for step 1. Plus use a real USB SD card adapter. If you are using an SD card slot built into the computer that is likely to be why you are not getting a bootable card.
I was having the same issue and using win32diskimager did it for me. Thanks!
SD card format required
This memory card is unrecognized and needs to be formatted. [Cancel] [Format Now]
it sure looks like you have been skipping the same step from your two posts. If you're asking, yeah, go ahead and format the disk before burning the image. You will lose whatever is on the disk, that is what the error is saying.
It is a warning and is double checking before it continues. Not really an error, per se.
Thanks crapid, I will try that next.
Thanks bobtidey, I have ordered a Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader and see if that helps next time. But I think Win32DiskImager did the trick. I loaded Win32DiskImager and it wrote to the microSD card. I booted the Nook and it loaded (second time) and installed ICS!
BTW: I think noobs need a Sticky Thread on How To Boot the Nook Color.
And apparently there are restrictions on noobs posting into their own threads. Which is why my last post was incomplete, sorry.
Thanks for all the help.
andog said:
Thanks bobtidey, I have ordered a Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader and see if that helps next time. But I think Win32DiskImager did the trick. I loaded Win32DiskImager and it wrote to the microSD card. I booted the Nook and it loaded (second time) and installed ICS!
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Good to hear your progressing. The advice about using a real USB card reader is because some SD card media slots built into computers seem to have issues creating bootable cards. Some work, some don't. Also applies to writing the SD image via a phone/tablet connected by USB to the computer. Some models will work, others cause problems. Of all the methods vanilla USB readers seem to be problem free in this area.